Mat for running-boards.



H. L. RUSSE-Y. MAT POR RUNNING BOARDS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 24, 1914.

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To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT L. Hussey, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Winthrop, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certainnew and usefui Improvements `in Mats for Running-Boards, &c., of which the following is a specilication.,

This/invention relates to the mats detachably connected with running boards of Inotor vehicles and providing tread surfaces on which persons step on entering the vehicle.

The invention has for its object to provide improved means for detachably connecting a mat with a running board, the nature of said means being such that there is no interference with the top surface of the mat by the attaching means and no liability of detaching or displacing the attaching means when the mat is beaten to clean it.

The invention consists in the improve ments which l will now proceed to describe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification: Figure l represents a view of the under side of a mat embodying my invention; Fig. 2 represents a section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1, showing the itsecured to a running board; Fig. 3 is a perspectiverwenk of the matseca ingwclipi. shown by Figs. l'aidwe'elip being removed froms the mat; Fig. 4c represents a View similar to Fig. 3, showing a modiiicap tion.

The same reference characters indicate the same or similar parts in all the views.

In, the drawings, 12 represents a mat which may be of any suitable material and construction and is preferably composed of fibrous material constituting a woven back and a top wiping surface made up of a mul* tiplicity of fibers projecting outwardly from the bach.

My invention does not relate to the construction of the met, but to the means hereinafter described for securing the mat 'to the running board 13 of a motor vehicle or to any equivalent support on which it may be desirable to locate e mat.

In carrying out my invention I provide the mat with one or more, and preferably tivo, securing clips adapted to be inseparably engaged with theback portionv of the I Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 24, 1914.

mat and to bear yieldingly on the under surface of the .running board.

In the preferred embodiment ofmy inyention shown by Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the clip 1s composed of a resilient U-shaped Wire arm, including a neck portion 14, and spaced-apart branches 15 adapted, to bear simultaneously on the' bottom of a running board. The clamping arm is provided With attaching means adapted to penetrate the backof the 'mat12'and to bear on opposite edge portions ofthe mat in such Imanner that the arm is inseparably connected with the mat and is not bodily displaceable inl any direction, although the outer end of the arm is adapted to swing toward and from the bottom of the mat. Said attaching means, in the embodiment of the invention now beA ing described, include two bodkins 16 having pointed outer ends 17 and adapted to be thrust through the mat between the top and bottom surfaces thereof, said bodkins and the clamping arm being preferably formed from a single piece of Wire bent as 'clearly indicated by Fig. 3. The portions of the lWire connecting the bodkins `with the branches 15 of the clamping arm constitute 'stop members adapted to bear at 18 on one edge of the matto limit the insertion of the bodkinsl into the mat. The pointed outer ends of the bodkins are adapted to be bent or clenched against the opposite edge of the mat and form stop members 19 (Fig. 2) preventing the Withdrawal of the bodkins from the mat. It will noW be seen that the bodlrins are immovably and inseparably connected With the mat entireiy below the Wiping surface of the latter and that they hold the clamping arm in such position that said arm is adapted to bear ryieldingly on the under surface of the running board. When the described clip is detached from the mat the clamping arm preferably springs inardly toward the bodlrins, as indicated by 1 ig. 3.

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-The bodkins are' entirely below the upper surface of the mat, so that they cannot obstruct any part of said surface nor come in contact with feet stepplng on the'I mat.

The clamping arms are so securely attached.

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to the mat that they are not. liable to be displaced'by the operation of beating or shakv-ing the mat to clean it. l v

l/Having described my invention, I'claim: 1. 'A' mat provided with a securing clip composed of a resilient clamping arm provided with penetrative attaching means 1nserted 1n the body of the mat between the 'top'nd bottom surfaces of the latter, and `hfaiyii'ig stop members bearing on opposite edge portions of the mat, said clamping arm being yieldinglypressed toward the bottom surface of the mat, and adapted to yieldingly secure the mat toa running board.

2.- A mat provided with a securing clip composed of a resilient' U-shaped clamping `arm composed of a neck andtwo spacedf Aapart branches adapted to bear simultaneously on the-,bottom of a running board, and

provided with bodkins inserted in the body of the mat between the top and bottom surfaces of the latter and having bent portions i f constituting stop members bearing on opposite edge portions of the mat, said clamping arm being yieldingly pressed toward the vbottom surface of the mat.

3. As kan article of manufacture, a matsecuring clip 'composed of a resilient clamping arm'having integral penetrative attaching means insertible in the body of'a mat between the top and bottom surfaces thereof and engageable with opposite edge portionsl of the latter, the clamping arm being pressed yieldingiy toward the attaching means and adapted to bear yieldingly 011 thebottom of a running board supporting a' matto which the arm is secured. f

4. As an article of manufacture, a matsecuring clipcomposed of a U-shaped resil-- ient clamping armincluding a neck and spaced-apart branches providedA with penetrative bodkins insertible in the body of a mat and engageable with opposite edge portions of the latter,v the clamping arm being pressed yieldingly toward said bodkins and adapted to bear yieldingly on the bottom of 

